SUPERCROSS: World/AMA Anaheim pre-race notes

Heading into Anaheim 1 Amp'd Mobile Supercross Shows Strength in
Numbers
Any one of a handful of riders could win on any given weekend
AURORA, Ill. (January 1, 2006) -- As the Amp'd Mobile World
Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross...

Heading into Anaheim 1 Amp'd Mobile Supercross Shows Strength in
Numbers
Any one of a handful of riders could win on any given weekend

AURORA, Ill. (January 1, 2006) -- As the Amp'd Mobile World
Supercross GP/Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series prepares to make
its annual visit to Southern California on Jan. 7 at Angel Stadium in
Anaheim, the sport's top teams and riders are using the final two
weeks of the year to make last minute adjustments and preparations.

The Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP kicked off earlier this month
with back-to-back races north of the border in Toronto and Canada, where
the trio of Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and James Stewart renewed their
heated rivalries. Although Stewart walked away with a clean sweep of the
Canadian rounds after winning convincingly ahead of Carmichael and Reed,
the Kawasaki rider admits it was only "a good start to a long
season."

"There are two races down and 16 more to go if I'm to reach
my goal," explained Stewart, who enters his second season of racing
in the AMA Supercross division, formerly known as the 250 class. "I
really learned a lot last season with everything that I went through. I
know that I'll need to be consistent as well as fast to win this
championship."

If Stewart is to reach his goal of winning his first supercross
championship, Kawasaki teammate Michael Byrne, who, like Stewart, will
ride the Kawasaki 450. Byrne showed he could ride the big bike at the US
Open in October where he challenged Carmichael for most of the weekend
and wound up finishing second overall.

Carmichael is fresh off one of the most successful seasons in 34-year
history of the sport. He claimed just about everything there is to win in
a supercross/motocross season, including the World Championship; AMA
Supercross Championship; AMA Motocross Championship; was the leading
force in Team USA's win at the Motocross Des Nations; and picked up
the overall win at the US Open. He has racked up a record 14 AMA
championships and is poised for a run at number 15. After running the
entire season in 2005 as the lone rider out of the Suzuki pit, Carmichael
will get some support from rookie Ivan Tedesco, the two-time reigning 125
Western Region champion. Tedesco showed great speed in Canada and will
join Carmichael in racing Suzuki's four-stroke bike.

Although Reed did not win either of the opening rounds thus far this
season, there is no reason for alarm from the Yamaha camp, as their
former supercross champ is a perennial slow starter who last year nearly
overcame a huge early-season deficit to Carmichael with a late-season
charge. Reed will be joined by Heath Voss, the 2004 World Supercross GP
champion, and the two are expected to campaign the Yamaha 450.

Kevin Windham was expected to be the top contender out of the Honda
stable but a recent broken arm put him off the bike for at least a couple
months and out of the championship hunt. Honda will now look to veterans
Ernesto Fonseca, aboard a factory-prepped Honda 450 and Mike LaRocco, who
rides a 250 two stroke for the factory-backed Factory Connection team, to
lead the charge. David Vuillemin makes the switch to the BooKoo Honda
team for 2006 and is expected to ride one of the only 250 two-stroke
bikes in the field.

Seven-time supercross champion Jeremy McGrath will contend a limited
schedule on a Honda. He is scheduled to compete at the three Anaheim
rounds, Phoenix, San Francisco and San Diego.

"This is one of the deepest fields in recent history," said
Todd Jendro, sr. director of supercross for Clear Channel
Entertainment's Motor Sports Division. "We literally have
seven or eight guys that have a legitimate shot to win on any given
weekend. They should provide great racing for the fans at each and every
round this season."